Rick_Vandenberg@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg) (05/24/91)
Does anyone have the pinout for a floppy drive? If there are any differences between the different densities, what are they? Thanks in advance. Rick Vandenberg Rick_Vandenberg@Mindlink.BC.CA Vandenberg Systems Research
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand) (05/27/91)
In article <5997@mindlink.bc.ca> Rick_Vandenberg@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg) writes: >Does anyone have the pinout for a floppy drive? If there are any differences >between the different densities, what are they? Pin number Pin name 2 -reduced Write current 4 NC 6 NC 8 - index 10 -Motor On 1 12 - Drive Select 2 14 - Drive Select 1 16 - Motor On 2 18 - Direction 20 - Step Pulse 22 - Write Data 24 - Write Enable 26 - track 00 28 - Write protected 30 - Read Disk 32 - Head Select 34 - Disk Change 1,3,5,7,9,11, 13,15,17,19,21, 23,25,27,29,31,33 Ground Red Stripe - 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 ----------- TWISTED between drive B and drive A Controller B A I-------------I----------I I-------------I------x---I x = twist I-------------I----------I I-------------I----------I Both HD and DD drives use the same connectors and pinouts, controllers and drives differ not the interface. Markus Strand mstr@vipunen.hut.fi